Although there was significant fanfare surrounding SQL Server Query Store's initial release in SQL Server 2016, many companies have been hesitant about adopting the performance monitoring and ...

In SQL Server 2016 (13.x) and later, some changes are only enabled once the database compatibility level has been changed. This was done for several reasons: Since upgrade is a one-way operation (it ...

SQL Server 2019 (15.x) builds on previous releases to grow SQL Server as a platform that gives you choices of development languages, data types, on-premises or cloud environments, and operating ...

An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to the database engine since its inception. Database engines like SQL Server are incredibly complex ...

As a consultant whose job description includes putting out performance fires, I get to see a lot of problematic queries that can dramatically harm overall server performance and throughput. Wondering ...

A popular performance tuning book gets updated for SQL Server 2022, how does it fare? This well-liked SQL Server book examines performance from various angles, but concentrates on improvements related ...